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Stories of people who are up while the rest of us are sleeping—some for work, some for play, and some for a free sandwich. Including the story of a woman walking alone at night, who encounters another woman walking alone at night, for the exact same reason, and a whole population of people haggling over the cost of oranges at 3 in the morning. More...
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A man in Pakistan wants to break his friend out of prison. He buys him an
amulet that supposedly has the power to protect anyone from harm. But
just to be on the safe side, he decides to test the amulet by trying it
out first. On a chicken. Stories about the powerful combination of
chickens, faith and God in our not-quite-annual 2008 Poultry
Slam. More...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Please Help Keep Our Show In Production
In addition to the six-figure annual cost just for the bandwidth of delivering our podcast each week, it costs several million dollars to produce This American Life each year. In the past that money has come from people donating to public radio stations, but more and more people like you are listening online... and we need your help. A buck. Five bucks. Ten if you can spare it. Click here to donate. We're hoping that lots of little donations like this can keep the show in production, and keep the podcast and streaming free. We really appreciate you helping out.
Also, and this is very exciting: now you can text your donation. Just text the word LIFE to the number 25383, and a one-time donation of $5 will be added to your mobile phone bill. Send your text, then reply YES to the confirmation. It literally takes ten seconds, and will be a huge help. If that's confusing, you can of course just donate on the web. Again, thank you. We can't make the show without your help.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
This American Life Wins Big at Third Coast
Stories from This American Life took home the first and second place awards at the 2009 Third Coast International Audio Festival Richard H. Dreihaus Foundation Competition. Michael May’s story "My Way or the FBI Way," about activist-turned-FBI-informant Brandon Darby, won the gold. And Mary Beth Kirchner’s story about transgender kids, "Tomgirls," won the silver. Both stories were edited by This American Life producer Nancy Updike. Congratulations Michael, Mary Beth and Nancy!
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Ira Interviews Etgar Keret at Live NYC Event
Next Wednesday, October 28th at the New York Public Library, This American Life host Ira Glass will talk with author Etgar Keret (whom you may know from TAL episodes The Truth Will Out, or Turncoat, or Enemy Camp) on the topic "Is Reality Overrated?" The discussion will cover his short fiction and films, as well as runaway piggy banks, bus drivers, "and other, lesser gods"—and Keret will be reading his newest short story at the event, one that has never been performed before. It should be an amazing and interesting evening, and we'd love for you to join us.
And— and!—if you'd like to get tickets, TAL listeners can get a special discount, by using code GLASS. You can purchase them at smarttix.com, or call 212-868-4444.
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